I’ll tell ya what……this is good news. Why? I’ve worked polls before. And in my experience, it’s true…..older people are more likely to vote than younger ones. I think they feel a deeper obligation to exercise their right to vote…..and for many it’s an “event.” And seeing how the Republican majority congress has totally screwed up medicare/medicaid, no surprise.

OLDER VOTERS FLOCK to Democrats as midterm elections approach.

Voters over 50, traditionally more likely to show up on Election Day than younger counterparts, favor Democrats for control of Congress by 20 percentage points in new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. As Republicans brace for renewed Democratic campaign attacks on Social Security, older voters favor Bush’s adversaries on the issue by more than 30 percentage points.

The poll represents “a vote of no confidence” in the Republican Party, says Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC survey with Republican counterpart Bill McInturff. The survey of 1,006 registered voters, conducted Oct. 13-16, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Voters 65 and over give Republicans a solid edge on handling terrorism, but rate Iraq and Social Security more important to their voting decisions.

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